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2023 Census data: Oklahoma ranks as sixth poorest state

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
September 12, 2024 // Updated: September 12, 2024
Lawmakers have options to improve Oklahomans’ well-being, access to prosperity Data from the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey released Sept. 12 show that Oklahoma’s poverty rate was 15.9 percent, which was the nation’s sixth highest. The national poverty rate… Read more More...

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In The Know: Fallin names education secretary

By: Kate Richey
July 16, 2013 // Updated: July 17, 2013
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Today… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s education policy is on the right track (Guest Post: John Thompson)

By: Guest
July 15, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
John Thompson is a former Oklahoma historian and inner city teacher who is now an education writer focusing on inner city schools. The accountability-driven school “reform” movement argues that schools are so broken that the only answer is rapid and… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Oklahoma ‘alternative’ likely costs taxpayers more than Medicaid expansion

By: Kate Richey
// Updated: July 17, 2013
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Today… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk Sunday July 14, 2013

By: Tiece Dempsey
July 14, 2013 // Updated: July 25, 2015
The Weekly Wonk is a summary of Oklahoma Policy Institute’s events, publications, blog posts, and coverage.  Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know.  Click here to subscribe to In The Know.… Read more [More...]

A response to The Oklahoman: It’s about economic opportunity, not bigotry

By: Kate Richey
July 11, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This article was originally submitted as an op-ed, which The Oklahoman declined to publish.  A recent report by Oklahoma Policy Institute, “Building Equity: Closing the Opportunity Gap in Oklahoma,” outlines large and persistent gaps in wealth, income, and opportunity between… Read more [More...]

In The Know: State Finance leader says Oklahoma should reconsider drilling tax breaks

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: July 11, 2013
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Today… Read more [More...]

[Closing The Gap, Part 4] Regenerative assets: Why you need money to make money

By: Kate Richey
July 10, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This is the fourth post in a running series based on our recent report, Closing the Opportunity Gap: Building Equity in Oklahoma, which assesses the racial wealth gap and proposes solutions for closing that gap through asset-building.  Previous posts explored … Read more [More...]

In The Know: Oklahoma gay marriage case drags on into ninth year

By: Gene Perry
July 9, 2013 // Updated: July 9, 2013
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Today… Read more [More...]

“How Money Walks” has no leg to stand on

By: Gene Perry
July 8, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
During the debate over Oklahoma’s most recent income tax cut, one House lawmaker speaking in favor of the bill waved a book in the air that he said showed why cutting taxes further would help Oklahoma’s economy. The book was… Read more [More...]

Weekly Wonk Sunday July 7, 2013

By: Tiece Dempsey
July 7, 2013 // Updated: July 25, 2015
The Weekly Wonk is a summary of Oklahoma Policy Institute’s events, publications, blog posts, and coverage.  Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know.  Click here to subscribe to In The Know.… Read more [More...]

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